3rd Grade

Online Resources

• NC Wise Owl Elementary School Zone*
• K-12 Teaching & Learning Center*
• UnitedStreaming* (now Discovery Education (DE) Streaming)
  *get home access passwords from Library Media Teachers

Science

• Moonlight Madness - learn about the phases of the moon and try to put them in order
• Google Moon - like Google Earth, but for the moon - WOW!
• What the Moon Looks Like Today - from the United States Naval Observatory
• Sun and Moon Data for One Day - enter your city and state to find information on the sun and moon where you are
• Zoom! Astronomy : Phases of the Moon - from Enchanted Learning
• Moon Phases - good, simple description of the moon phases with animation
• Phases of the Moon - good animation from Harcourt
• Moon Phases Music Video - a video from TeacherTube
• Ursa Major - The Big Dipper - a video from TeacherTube showing the Big Dipper's movement through the night sky
• Stars Moving Across the Night Sky - time lapse
• What Causes Seasons on Earth - a video from TeacherTube
• Seasons Caused By Tilt of Earth's Axis - short, but excellent, animation
• Sundial animations: Vertical sundial and Garden (horizontal) sundial
• The Mythology of the Constellations
• Life Cycle Of Plants a video on the life cycle of plants
• All About Soil a video on soil

Social Studies

• Don't Buy It! Get Media Smart (from PBS Kids)
• Smokey the Bear

Language Arts

• Louisa May Alcott: Online biography | Another online biography | Wikipedia article
• Lee Ames: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact Information: have your teacher help you send an e-mail message to leeja@att.net
• Tedd Arnold: Official Website | Publisher Website | A different Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Avi: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• E. D. Baker: Official Website | Another Official Website | Wikipedia article
• John Bellairs: Official Website | Wikipedia article | ThinkQuest site
• Sue Bentley: Publisher Website
• Jim Benton: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Jeanne Betancourt: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Jeanne Birdsall: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Betty G. Birney: Official Website | Publisher Website | Online biography
• Judy Blume: Official Website | Online autobiography | Wikipedia article
• Lesley Blume: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact Information: write to Lesley M. M. Blume, c/o Kate Lee, International Creative Management, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019
• Jeff Brown: Official Website | NY Times Obituary
• Marc Brown: Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Georgia Byng: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Eric Carle: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Lauren Child: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Matt Christopher: Official Website | Internet Public Library | Wikipedia article
• Beverly Cleary: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikiipedia article
• Andrew Clements: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Eoin Colfer: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Suzanne Collins: Official Website | Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Cressida Cowell: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Debbie Dadey: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information
• Roald Dahl: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information: none available
• Kate DiCamillo: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Chris D'Lacey: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Franklin W. Dixon: Wikipedia article | Online biography
• Lois Ehlert: Reading Rockets Interview | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Vivian French: Official Website | Online biography |
• Laurie Friedman: Official Website | Author's personal blog
• Theodore "Seuss" Geisel: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Katherine Hannigan: Online biography | Publisher website | Wikipedia article
• Jennifer L. Holm: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Anthony Horowitz: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Erin Hunter: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Liz Kessler: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Jeff Kinney: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information: visit the Official Website and click on Contact for information
• Masashi Kishimoto: Official Website | Narutopedia article | Wikipedia article
• Suzy Kline: Official Website | Publisher Website | Online biography
• Gordon Korman: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Kathryn Lasky: Official Website | Publisher website | Another publisher website
• Helen Lester: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Gail Carson Levine: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information
• C. S. Lewis: Official Website | Britannica article | Wikipedia article
• Lois Lowry: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Mike Lupica: Official Website | Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Ann M. Martin: Official Website/Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Wendy Mass: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Ann Mazer: Official Website
• Megan McDonald: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information
• Daisy Meadows: Wikipedia article
• Stephanie Meyer: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Ellen Miles: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• A. A. Milne: Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Marissa Moss: Official Website | Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Mary Pope Osborne: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Barbara Park: Official Website | Online interview | Wikipedia article
• Dav Pilkey: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Patricia Polacco: Official website | Online biography | Reading Rockets interview | Wikipedia article
• Rick Riordan: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information
• J. K. Rowling: Official Website | Official Website (text only) | Wikipedia article | Publisher Website | Online biography
• Ron Roy: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Louis Sachar: Official Website | Publisher Website | Wikipedia article
• Alvin Schwartz: Wikipedia article
• Marjorie Weinman Sharmat: Publisher Website | Online biography | Wikipedia article
• Seymour Simon: Official Website |
• Jeff Smith: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Roland Smith: Official Website | Online autobiography | Wikipedia article
• R. L. Stine: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information: visit the Official Website and scroll down to "Ask R.L."
• Lauren Tarshis: Official Website | Video interview | Publisher website | Wikipedia article (book list only)
• Mike Thaler: Official website | Online biography
• J. R. R. Tolkien: The Tolkien Society | Wikipedia article
• Valerie Tripp: Official Website | Online biography | Another Online biography
• Mark Twain: Official Website | Britannica article | Wikipedia article
• Bill Wallace: Online biography | Publisher website | Another Online biography
• Gertrude Chandler Warner: Online biography| Wikipedia article
• Bill Watterson: Wikipedia article
• Tracey West: Official Website
• E. B. White: Publisher website (Houghton) | Publisher website (Harper) | Publisher website (Scholastic) | Wikipedia article
• Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl website | Online encyclopedia | Wikipedia article
• Mo Willems: Official Website | Wikipedia article | Contact information
• Patricia C. Wrede: Official Website | Wikipedia article
• Lisa Yee: Official Website | Online biography | Wikipedia article